First half of 2014First half of 2014 I’ve spent travelling around Asia. I still haven’t written much about it, now will share my brief impressions about the countries that were new for me: India, Nepal, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.( read more )

Nepalese busesIn Nepal there are two types of buses – local and tourist ones. There also are microbuses, but I haven’t used them. Local buses are for Nepalese and tourist buses are mainly for foreigners. Tourist buses are more convenient because they go to the places where tourists stay, their drivers are less crazy, only about 20 percent more expensive, more comfortable; local buses sometime don’t have enough space for legs between the seats. But it’s more difficult to read in tourist buses because constant curves can make one sick, local buses shake all the time so much that you hardly notice the curves. Local buses also stop for eating in cheaper places. And they are better for observing the culture of local people. For example, I gave a mandarin to my neighbour. He didn’t say thank you or anything at all, just took and ate it. Nepalese don’t really use such words. And the mandarin skin was thrown straight to the floor…